Asian long horned beetle

I was outside on May 28th, and there was a bug flying around.It looked like an Asian Long-Horned beetle.The bug landed on one of my Dad’s cars. So, I trapped it and brought it in to have my teacher(Mr. Parent)look at it for further identification. I left the insect in the room and Mr. Parent gave me a pamphlet and I looked at it and thought that it might not be the ALB beetle. I think it might be the native to Maine White spotted Sawyer. I hope it is not the Asian Long-Horned beetle because it would be a serious inconvenience to our Maine forest’s if they are now in our state. Usually, the White spotted Sawyer is brown. But, this one seems to be a black or really dark brown. The bug is large compared to the White Spotted Sawyer. I am very confused about the species ID. But, i’m hoping Vital Signs will help me out with the identification.

Supporting Evidence

The bug is darker than the usual White spotted sawyer.
I hope that there is not ALB in
Maine yet.

I will be trying to ID my
bug as the White Spotted Sawyer.
I personally believe that it is the Sawyer because my beetle’s antena’s do not have the white marks on them, it also is not as big as the usual ALB.
Although the bug is blackish in color, I still believe that it looks a lot more like the White Spotted Sawyer than the ALB bug.

I honesty don’t know what the bug is so I will stick with my hypothesis of the bug being White Spotted Sawyer. If the bug is ALB though, then it will be one of the first ALB spotting’s in Maine. The two bugs are so similar that it is hard to really ID one.

Species Observation: Species Looked For

Did you find it?:

I think I did not find it

Scientific name:

Anoplophora glabripennis

Common name:

Asian long horned beetle

Sampling method:

Just looking around

Place Studied

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